Very few if any of the Compact Cameras will come with a articulated LCD, that is one that you can tilt and/or swivel. Some Advanced Cameras do and several D-SLR Cameras are now adding that feature due to the popularity of Live View function on D-SLR Cameras. The Olympus e-330 & E-3, Sony a300 & 350 and Panasonic DMC-L10K to mention just a few. I would suggest a D-SLR for the subject you plan to photograph. This camera will give you much more control over your photo than a Compact. You will be able to shoot in a higher ISO (Sensitivity of the camera) and reduce the need for the Flash firing. Some dogs and cats have a knack of closing their eyes just as the flash fires. Also you can add additional lenses for better zooming quality. Digital zoom on the Compact and Advanced cameras may give you more aliasing (jagged distortions in curves).

A Flash based or Hard Drive based camcorder would be a good choice. Both are similar in recording formats with the Flash based having the convince of unlimited additional storage and archiving footage by just removing the Memory and replacing with another. You will be pleasantly surprised with the quality of these camcorders. Hard drive based camcorders will start in at $400 and Flash based ones starting in at $99 and going up. There may be conversion of format required if you want to edit the footage on a computer. Look for camcorders with the highest Optical Zoom and ones with Image Stabilization to get the best video of active children.

The specs on the BC-CSG BATTERY CHARGER for the SONY DSC-W120 are:
Rated Input: 100-240V, 50/60Hz, 4-7 VA, 2W
Rated Output: 4.2V, 0.25A
Using the charger in Europe, UK should only need a traveler adapter (not transformer) to plug it into the wall outlet.

If you are wanting to improve the quality of the video you have recorded you will need to transfer the footage to your computer and enhance it with an editing program. There is devices such as the Dazzle from Pinnacle that connect directly to your computer to capture footage if neither your Computer or Camcorder have a Firewire (IEEE 1394) connection. You can also connect your camcorder to a stand alone DvD burner by the A/V (Audio Video ) Cables, but this will give just a straight copy of the footage with no improvements.